Future Book Suggestion: Room

I just read an interesting Q and A conducted by Jennifer Weiner (In Her Shoes, Good in Bed) with Emma Donoghue about her new book, Room, which sounds really good. Here's the Q and A. Synopsis below from Amazon:

"In many ways, Jack is a typical 5-year-old. He likes to read books, watch TV, and play games with his Ma. But Jack is different in a big way--he has lived his entire life in a single room, sharing the tiny space with only his mother and an unnerving nighttime visitor known as Old Nick. For Jack, Room is the only world he knows, but for Ma, it is a prison in which she has tried to craft a normal life for her son. When their insular world suddenly expands beyond the confines of their four walls, the consequences are piercing and extraordinary. Despite its profoundly disturbing premise, Emma Donoghue's Room is rife with moments of hope and beauty, and the dogged determination to live, even in the most desolate circumstances. A stunning and original novel of survival in captivity, readers who enter Room will leave staggered, as though, like Jack, they are seeing the world for the very first time." --Lynette Mong

The reviews are really, really good. Here's the Amazon page.

Friday's Meeting

So sorry! I forgot to post a poll, so I just went ahead and picked a place based on your suggestions.

Let's meet at the 520 Grill on Main Street in Bellevue at 7 p.m. Please let me know if you can make it by clicking on the poll at right or by e-mailing me kerrie (at) sanitydepartment (dot) com. I will make reservations tomorrow afternoon.

We will be discussing, "The Help," and I will bring discussion questions.

See you then!
Kerrie